One of the things TV writers don't understand about guns . . .

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So, why is it that TV writers think that a person owning a gun in the same caliber as was use to commit a murder . . . makes that person a suspect? Just heard this on TV cop show, "He has a 9mm. The same caliber as use to shoot . . . " Like the cop character doesn't know there are a BAZILLION 9mm handguns out there in the real world. It's like saying "He owns a Ford. The same brand as the get away car."

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Well, evidence is cumulative... Either a Ford or a 9mm is an indicator... something to take into consideration... Neither is definitive proof. A Ford owner who also owns a 9mm is more suspect than others without them. It's about sets and subsets. What are you trying to get at? (This thread may well be closed...)
 
I immediately thought that was a stupid line as well. If there was further dumb-ness about 3-D printed guns and plastic bullets, then we were watching the same show.
 
Lack of intel!

Just as the six shooters of years gone by would fire dozens of rounds without reloading, to the present where every gun is full auto (and again never needs loading). But then again, as a fan of vintage TV, the series "The Untouchables" had the same issues in the late fifties!

I'm more concerned about the hypocrisy of those anti-gun writers and actors/actresses always starring or writing action movies, of which weapons are a large part.
 
It's television. Not reality.

We've hashed this one over and over and over, over the years.

The answer is always the same. It's television.
 
The one that always gets me is NCIS and their checking if a gun is "registered". Most people think NCIS represents reality. Like the show however and one of the few I actually watch except stuff on History, Discovery, Animal Planet.
 
22-rimfire said:
The one that always gets me is NCIS and their checking if a gun is "registered".
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FWIW in past threads, I've often blamed TV for several popular and widespread misconceptions about gun ownership:
  • Guns bought at legitimate sources are automatically registered to the purchaser.
  • Police can readily find out who has guns, and what kind of guns they have, just by looking in the registration database - they don't have to search the person's belongings to be sure. Also, the information in the database is almost unfailingly correct and up-to-date.
  • Guns come in two basic categories, "traceable" (used by good guys) and "untraceable" (used by villians).
I actually think it's important for gun owners to correct these misconceptions whenever the opportunity arises, because I think they feed non-owners' failure to understand the real issues behind the UBC debate and "closing the gun show loophole". I find that some non-owners believe that a nationwide registry already effectively exists and that gun-show transactions undermine it by shifting guns into the nefarious "untraceable" pool. :rolleyes:
 
In a few (thankfully) jurisdictions, owning a gun of a specific caliber, even 9mm, might be something to consider because gun ownership is so low. So, if you're already looking at someone and find out they have a gun of the same caliber as the murder weapon, that adds just a bit more weight to consider. Obviously, it's not anywhere close to being conclusive.
 
Aside from the false impressions promulgated by those "errors" in the shows,
one has to realize that to enjoy fiction you must suspend reality for the moment.
 
You're approaching this from the wrong perspective. The only thing a TV writer needs to know about guns is that his employers have an atavistic dislike of civilian ownership of them and long-term conditioning of the viewing public to assist in eliminating it is a job requirement.
 
"Those are made up stories, folks." William Shatner answering a fan who asked how would Captain Kirk handle a situation differently from Captain Picard.
 
I believe it was a Castle episode in which the woman coroner at the scene
declares that it was a .45 that killed a guy.

A guy with a .45 is investigated and his pistol is fired to get a ballistic
match. Shortly after, the coroner announces no match because it
was a .38 that killed the guy.

Now that's TV humor at its best.

And I wonder how many viewers caught the irony because the coroner is almost always wrong as to caliber but she gives an on-scene opinion just
the same.
 
rickyrick said:
TV guns no longer recoil, semi actions never cycle.
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Yes, the wonderful world of CGI. Cheaper, safer, and more reliable than blanks. :)

For one of funniest examples of this, for those who haven't seen it make the rounds of the Internet yet, check out Wakaliwood - action movies made in Uganda on a near-zero budget, filmed entirely with toy guns and dummy guns literally welded up from junk, with all muzzle flash and smoke generated using laughably low-grade and phony CGI... yet it's strangely mesmerizing. :D
 
Dialogue in TV is written to move the plot, not be accurate or descriptive in a technical manner.

We get the same threads on car forums.

What does amaze is the disappointment when the fact is exposed. It's like finding out there isn't a Santa Claus.

Or, that your fav political candidate isn't what you thought their carefully crafted image makers said they were.

The loss of innocence is a sad thing, but in the long run you're better off.
 
It's television and you watch for "entertainment" and not for education. Sit back, relax, shut off your brain and prepare to be programmed. :D
 
Yes, the wonderful world of CGI. Cheaper, safer, and more reliable than blanks.
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A lot of property masters now use empty airsoft guns for the hero ones.They're cheap safe lots of different models exist & the flash & bang is dubbed in later.
 
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